Executive Education Programmes

Executive MBA

Would you like to take on greater responsibility, make complex decisions with greater confidence, and further develop your leadership role? In the Executive MBA, you will combine up-to-date management knowledge with the challenges you encounter in your own professional practice.

By engaging with experienced executives, you will broaden your perspective beyond your own role and industry, and develop new approaches for your day-to-day leadership.

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  Executive MBA – Digital Leadership HWZ

  Start March

  Duration 3 semesters
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  Executive MBA – General Management HWZ

  Start Each October

  Duration 3 semesters
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  Executive Module – Advanced Management Programme

  Start Each October (waiting list for 2026)

  Duration 1 semester (23 study days)

Executive Education CAS

Sometimes, it is not the next major career move that is needed, but rather new knowledge to address a specific challenge. With a CAS, you can deepen your expertise in a subject that is directly relevant to your current role.

Whether you wish to appear more confident as a manager or are preparing for a board mandate, you will acquire knowledge and tools that you can apply directly in your professional practice.

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  CAS Verwaltungsrat HWZ

  Start 29. Oktober 2027 (Studiendaten folgen)

  Duration 16 Tage, 50 % online
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  CAS Building Mindful Organizations HWZ

  Start April 2027

  Duration 16 days
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  CAS High Impact Leadership HWZ

  Start Jeweils im September

  Duration 17 Tage

Executive Education Seminars

Do you need a targeted boost? In our seminars, you will engage intensively with a current leadership or management topic over one or several days.

You choose precisely the topic that will help you progress at this moment and take new ideas and practical approaches directly into your professional life.

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10 reasons to choose executive education at HWZ

1. A network that endures
Completing your degree does not mark the end of your engagement with us. Through the Executive Community, you remain connected with fellow alumni, meet at events and company visits, and continue to build new professional relationships.

2. Learning through real-world challenges
Bring your own questions and projects with you. What you learn can be applied directly to your professional day-to-day work.

3. Close to the business world
What are the issues facing businesses today? This is precisely where our continuing education programmes come in. Practical experience and academic study are closely integrated, rather than running in parallel.

4. Topics that are currently relevant
Leadership, digitalisation or board governance: you will engage with topics that are currently shaping businesses and influencing executives.

5. Personal rather than anonymous

Small groups enable direct interaction with lecturers, programme leaders and fellow participants. Here, you are not just a matriculation number.

6. Designed for working professionals

Continuing education must fit into a busy professional life. That is why our programmes are structured to be compatible with employment and can be combined with your role within your organisation.

7. Learning from practitioners with real-world experience

Our lecturers bring not only specialist knowledge, but also their own experience from business and leadership roles. This means you will also learn what works in practice – and what does not.

8. Learning from Other Leaders

During your studies, you will meet experienced professionals and managers from a variety of companies and sectors. They bring their own experiences and perspectives – and everyone benefits from this exchange.

9. Central location in Zurich

Short distances are also an important aspect of further education designed to be compatible with professional life. You will study in a central location in Zurich with excellent transport connections.

10. A Degree with Recognition

HWZ is institutionally accredited by the Swiss Accreditation Council. This enables you to combine your personal development with a recognised university degree.